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Monday, December 25, 2006

Festivus 2006 Recap

They came. They grieved.They left.

Pizza has been consumed. Grievances aired. The pole is back in the crawlspace. Another Festivus For The Rest Of Us has come and gone.

This year's attendance of fourteen Festivians was a 75% increase over last year's total of eight. I hereby deem the 2nd Annual Festivus At Bone's an unqualified success. Thanks to all who attended.

It warmed my heart to hear everyone's grievances with me. About three or four of which involved me not answering my phone, returning calls, or returning emails. Do my friends know me or what!

Unfortunately, it never crossed my mind to take pictures. Fortunately, some of the festivities were captured on video. This is my first venture into the world of YouTube. For those of you who were unable to attend, I hope this gives you a small taste of what it was like:

I'm thinking of just doing a web verison of the grievences against S and M. LOL Shayla had some good ones! I can't believe they didn't show up! Next year we can webcast it like we do everything else since people seem to be moving or have moved away. I'll try and get a better webcam or something.

I guess I need to learn more about Festivus. I know the basic theory behind it, which may be all there is. Looks like you guys had fun though, and I love the little video! Hopefully we'll be seeing more U-Tube action!

Why will I come up with more by next year? Do you tend to make people mad?

And okay, I'm intrigued. Don't you (meaning all of you that celebrate it) find the whole process of telling people what they do to piss you off right before Christmas a little(read: A LOT!) strange?!?!?! Doesn't it cause hard feelings? Or is it always joking grievances, like "You never answer your cell phone when I drunk dial you at 3 am?"?

from the video it seems that while you had a bigger turn out this year for festivus that the guests were not all that thrilled to be there. Perhaps it was the singing on camera that made them see shy.I'm glad that you shared this with us though. I always feel like I'm being left out because I can't attend in person.Merry Christmas, Bone. Glad to hear that Santa was good to you. I'll be posting my grievances soon.

If I'm in Huntsville next year to visit my folks, I think I might have to stop by for Festivus. I'm not sure I'll sing though. And as I don't know anyone, I'm not sure I could do an airing of grievances.

But I'll bring some food that is non-traditional, like eggrolls or chow mein.

Traveling Chica: Oh, I was teasing. The grievances are done in such a fun way that even when they're serious, no one gets too angry. And because they're done in front of witnesses, no one gets hurt :)

Renee: Well we had some shy singers. And no one knew we were going to sing the song until I passed out the lyrics. And most of them didn't know the song. Believe me, things really get cranking with the Airing of Grievances!

Xinh: You can also do grievances against people who aren't present. And as we do the grievances about an hour into Festivus, you'll have probably already developed a grievance with one or two people at the party by that time :)

Man. I just don't know what to say. I was laughing during the entire video. Not sure if that was your intention, or not. :)

I was really damn close to swinging by Lowe's and picking up an aluminum pole. Still may do it by next year, though I'm not too sure that I could get people over here for a Festivus party. It seems like you're starting a trend, according to this article.

Glad you had so many people to celebrate Festivus with you. I see this becoming bigger and bigger. You may need to get a football field. Maybe I'll even make the big trek southward next time!! Hope you had a most wonderful holiday!!